VACUSEAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC063089 · ltd · incorporated 1977-09-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 38.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 38.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2023-08-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-08-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  10. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-07-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-07-16
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  15. 2018-07-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-30
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    WILSON, Gregory Andrew appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-06-30
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    PURVIS, James Hamilton resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-03-31
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    PURVIS, James Hamilton appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-03-31
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    STEELE, Gabriel resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-03-12
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    WILSON, Sally Edgar appointed
    director
  22. 1998-03-12
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    ALLISON, James resigned
    director
  23. 1988-03-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 1977-09-14
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    Company incorporated
    As VACUSEAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Kenyart Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kenyart Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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VACUSEAL LIMITED
This company · SC063089

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kenyart Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Sally Edgar Wilsonceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mr John Gilmour Wilsonceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-09-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

88 Greenhill Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 1RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, Gregory Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-30
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Active
WILSON, John Gilmour→
director · ~83y
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Active
WILSON, Sally Edgar→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURVIS, James Hamilton→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-31 · resigned 2015-06-30
Resigned
STEELE, Gabriel→
secretary · resigned 2001-03-31
Resigned
ALLISON, James→
director · ~102y · resigned 1998-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property04/03/1988—
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Recent filings (106 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-04